Executive Leadership Team

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2025 Board of Directors

Greg Long, Chair
Retired, Long, Cook & Samsa, Inc.

Teri Lash-Ritter, Vice Chair
Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Doug Grassian, Secretary
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Dan Brophy, Treasurer
Huntington Private Bank

Daniel R. Flowers, President & CEO
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

Lisa Backlin, Parts Town
Amy Borcherding, The J.M. Smucker Co.
Rob Bowers, Westfield
Alison Breaux, Summit County Court of Common Pleas
Jerod Cherry, ESPN Cleveland
Rich Clark, GOJO Industries, Inc.
Jason Dodson, Roetzel & Andress
Amanda Graaf-Kurta, Giant Eagle
Nancy Hutchinson, Sherwin-Williams
Terry Link, Seaman Corporation
Amanda Montgomery, Materion
Hyun Park, FirstEnergy Corp.
Alicia Pucky, Fresh Mark Inc.
Laura Query, Nationwide
John Szarka, The Timken Company
Jonathan Thornton, Whitaker House Publishing

Endowment Board of Directors

Harvey Nelson, Chair
Main Street Gourmet

Mark Baer, Vice Chair
Retired

Vi Leggett, Treasurer
Aultman Foundation

David Kern, Secretary
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLC

George Sarkis
Roetzel & Andress

Gary Benz
Norfolk Consulting Group

Cheryl Venarge
APV Engineered Coatings

Daniel R. Flowers, President & CEO
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

Dan Flowers
Dan Flowers
President & CEO
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Colleen Benson
Colleen Benson
Chief Development Officer
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Katie Carver Reed
Katie Carver Reed
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
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Carol Crabtree
Carol Crabtree
Vice President, Human Resources
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Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
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